Dashville Skyline is once again bringing the crème de la crème of Australia’s alt. country, blues, roots, folk and Americana artists together for a ‘cosmic country weekender’ in the Hunter Valley this spring.
Set to headline this year’s line-up will be the Bull sisters, Vika & Linda, along with their band The Bullettes, performing hits from their extensive back catalogue as well as 2021’s ‘The Wait’ – their seventh studio album that contained their first new original music since 2002’s ‘Love Is Mighty Close’.
Also topping this year’s bill is Tim Rogers & The Twin Set. Fresh from touring their latest album, ‘Tines Of Stars Unfurled’ – Rogers’ ninth album outside of You Am I, the band is match fit again after returning from a decades-long hiatus following the release of 1999’s ‘What Rhymes With Cars And Girls’.
Other notable inclusions in the first-round announcement are the powerful blues, gospel and soul of Karen Lee Andrews, popular folk-blues rockers Hussy Hicks, and hugely talented West Australian songwriter Jack Davies.
The family-friendly camping festival promises a stack of fresh faces this year, including Geelong faves from The Gum Ball, Bones and Jones, as well as Queenie, T.C. Jones and New Zealand’s Jenny Mitchell.
Some familiar faces are also set to return this year, including Melbourne’s Sweet Talk, alt-rockers The Settlement, Northern River’s country punks Jimmy Willing & The Real Gone Hick Ups, and Echuca-born wildman Watty Thompson, back with a debut album and his incredible Total Fire Band.
Hosting over 40 live performances across 3 stages on the October long weekend (28 Sep to 1 Oct), music lovers will also be given the opportunity to savour mouth-watering, American-inspired food and drink, trawl boutique vintage market stalls, visit a music history exhibit, and check out a guitar and car show.
Tickets are on sale.
Dashville Skyline 2023 (Hunter Valley) runs 28 September until 1 October.
Dashville Skyline 2023 Line-Up
Vika & Linda with The Bullettes
Tim Rogers & The Twin Set
Karen Lee Andrews
Sweet Talk
Hussy Hicks
Bones and Jones
Jack Davies
Queenie
Magpie Diaries
John Flanagan
Babitha
Hana and Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits
Watty Thompson
Jenny Mitchell
CJ Stranger
Jimmy Willing & The Real Gone Hick Ups
The Settlement
Willie J & The Bad Books
Kingsley James
T.C. Jones
Plus more to be announced